Category: Movie Reviews
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Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
3 outta 5 Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver continues writer/director Zack Snyder’s quasi-Star Wars sci-fi epic. It’s not a conclusion because the closing minutes lay out mandatory sequel bait for yet another installment. As often happens in Snyder’s movies, there are bundles of exposition as characters state their backstory and their exact current…
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Abigail
4 outta 5 It isn’t particularly the fault of Abigail that the main concept, ballerina vampire kid, is entirely spoiled in the marketing. It would be completely befuddling to sell as just “some supernatural bad happens” without showing what that is. Although it is a bit irritating that the film manages to stretch about 40…
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Civil War
4 outta 5 Writer and director Alex Garland has some fantastic movies he’s worked on (28 Days Later, Dredd, Ex Machina) although his last few efforts (Devs, Men) have been somewhat bewildering. His latest film, Civil War, is more of a straightforward urban warfare film, although the title and ads make it seem like some…
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Road House
3 outta 5 Road House is a movie that is primarily concerned with bar fights, mostly set in a bar, featuring lots and lots of fights inside or outside of said bar. It is a straightforward remake of the straightforward 1989 film. What makes this worthwhile are some decent quips and enjoyably crunchy action that…
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
3 outta 5 Godzilla x Kong: A New Empire does offer Godzilla and King Kong brawling each other and various monsters. It kind of skimps on the Godzilla portion, he’s basically a special guest star although the reason he’s held back is probably because as the King of the Monsters he can stomp just about…
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
3 outta 5 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a decent entry in the Ghostbusters franchise that doesn’t really have the heart and feeling of rediscovery that made Afterlife so vibrant. But this is an excellently paced Ghostbusters movie, even if it sometimes leans a bit serious, but Frozen Empire still has laughs. The role of the…
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Ricky Stanicky
3 outta 5 Director Peter Farrelly was originally a directing duo with his brother Bobby for movies like Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary, and then Peter directed the Best Picture winning Green Book. And while they have directed separately, its not as if Peter Farrelly has become some sort of respected prestige…
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Blog: Oscars Catch-Up
Looking at the 96th Academy Awards announcement, I have posted about most of them with reviews for two best animated nominated films, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Boy and the Heron. Five Best picture nominees, Barbie, Oppenheimer, The Holdovers, Poor Things, and Killers of the Flower Moon all made it into the Top 10…
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Dune: Part Two
5 outta 5 Dune: Part Two is an incredible sequel to an already incredible film. As the (very large) book was split into two (as opposed to the 1984 single film speedrun version) setup was contained in the first part so this is more visceral. The visuals look amazing and there are stirring moments of…
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Drive-Away Dolls
4 outta 5 Drive-Away Dolls is a crazy road-trip movie featuring crime, severed heads, lots of cameos, lots of quips and lots of sex for its incredibly zippy hour and twenty-four minutes. Directed and co-written by Ethan Cohen (his first film without his brother Joel) it has the bizarre absurdist energy, dialogue patter, dopey crime…
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